Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis provide unprecedented insight into the postcranial morphology of crownward stem group birds

Ichthyornis has long been recognized as a pivotally important fossil taxon for understanding the latest stages of the dinosaur–bird transition, but little significant new postcranial material has been brought to light since initial descriptions of partial skeletons in the 19th Century. Here, we pres...

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Main Authors: Juan Benito, Albert Chen, Laura E. Wilson, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, David Burnham, Daniel J. Field
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/13919.pdf